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The Premier Magazine of Broadband TechnologyenToday in Engineering History: Cigar Rolling Machine Patentedhttp://www.cedmagazine.com/articles/2015/02/today-in-engineering-history-cigar-rolling-machine-patented
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><strong>Cigar Rolling Machine Patented</strong></p></div></div></div><ul class="links inline"><li><a href="/articles/2015/02/today-in-engineering-history-cigar-rolling-machine-patented" rel="tag" title="Today in Engineering History: Cigar Rolling Machine Patented">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about Today in Engineering History: Cigar Rolling Machine Patented</span></a></li><li><a href="/articles/2015/02/today-in-engineering-history-cigar-rolling-machine-patented#disqus_thread" data-disqus-identifier="node/148866">Comments</a></li></ul>Fri, 27 Feb 2015 18:37:37 +0000Brian Santo148866 at http://www.cedmagazine.comDo You Have the Right to Be Disconnected?http://www.cedmagazine.com/articles/2015/02/do-you-have-the-right-to-be-disconnected
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>We are all connected people according to panelists brought together <a href="http://register.ecnmag.com/20150120_ieee_connected/" target="_blank">for Engineering Live: The Connected Person</a> on Feb. 25, but the way we balance connectivity and privacy is still being determined by our technology and our society.</p></div></div></div><ul class="links inline"><li><a href="/articles/2015/02/do-you-have-the-right-to-be-disconnected" rel="tag" title="Do You Have the Right to Be Disconnected?">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about Do You Have the Right to Be Disconnected?</span></a></li><li><a href="/articles/2015/02/do-you-have-the-right-to-be-disconnected#disqus_thread" data-disqus-identifier="node/148796">Comments</a></li></ul>Thu, 26 Feb 2015 17:30:48 +0000Brian Santo148796 at http://www.cedmagazine.comToday in Engineering History: First American Orbits Earthhttp://www.cedmagazine.com/articles/2015/02/today-in-engineering-history-first-american-orbits-earth
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>On this day in history, 1962, John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth.</p>
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<p><img alt="Glenn climbs into the Friendship 7 capsule. Image Credit: NASA" class="caption-processed" src="http://www.pddnet.com/sites/pddnet.com/files/john%20glenn.jpg" style="height:459px; width:650px" /></p>
<p>Glenn climbs into the Friendship 7 capsule. Image Credit: NASA</p>
<p> </p></div></div></div><ul class="links inline"><li><a href="/articles/2015/02/today-in-engineering-history-first-american-orbits-earth" rel="tag" title="Today in Engineering History: First American Orbits Earth">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about Today in Engineering History: First American Orbits Earth</span></a></li><li><a href="/articles/2015/02/today-in-engineering-history-first-american-orbits-earth#disqus_thread" data-disqus-identifier="node/148671">Comments</a></li></ul>Fri, 20 Feb 2015 18:35:49 +0000Brian Santo148671 at http://www.cedmagazine.comWhat Operators Need to Know About RDK Developmenthttp://www.cedmagazine.com/articles/2015/02/what-operators-need-to-know-about-rdk-development
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>When Comcast began introducing the Reference Design Kit (RDK) to MSOs, it was mostly the United States market that actively considered it for next generation set-top box (STB) software, but as things progressed, cable operators from around the world began evaluating the RDK as well, hopeful that it would provide the right set of features. </p></div></div></div><ul class="links inline"><li><a href="/articles/2015/02/what-operators-need-to-know-about-rdk-development" rel="tag" title="What Operators Need to Know About RDK Development">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about What Operators Need to Know About RDK Development</span></a></li><li><a href="/articles/2015/02/what-operators-need-to-know-about-rdk-development#disqus_thread" data-disqus-identifier="node/148646">Comments</a></li></ul>Fri, 20 Feb 2015 17:26:23 +0000mrobuck148646 at http://www.cedmagazine.comCED’s Persons of the Year: Time Warner Cable’s Mike and Mike take a curtain callhttp://www.cedmagazine.com/articles/2015/02/ceds-persons-of-the-year-time-warner-cables-mike-and-mike-take-a-curtain-call
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Lewis and Clark, Hope and Crosby, Cheech and Chong, Batman and Robin, Penn and Teller, LaJoie and Hayashi. </p>
<p>As of the end of last year, both Mike Hayashi and Mike LaJoie officially retired from Time Warner Cable, but over the course of 25 years or so, the two Mikes were cable’s own version of a dynamic duo. (Just don’t ask them which one was Batman and which was Robin.) For their long, distinguished careers at Time Warner Cable, Hayashi and LaJoie were named <em>CED</em>’s Persons of the Year.</p></div></div></div><ul class="links inline"><li><a href="/articles/2015/02/ceds-persons-of-the-year-time-warner-cables-mike-and-mike-take-a-curtain-call" rel="tag" title="CED’s Persons of the Year: Time Warner Cable’s Mike and Mike take a curtain call">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about CED’s Persons of the Year: Time Warner Cable’s Mike and Mike take a curtain call</span></a></li><li><a href="/articles/2015/02/ceds-persons-of-the-year-time-warner-cables-mike-and-mike-take-a-curtain-call#disqus_thread" data-disqus-identifier="node/148596">Comments</a></li></ul>Wed, 18 Feb 2015 21:11:00 +0000mrobuck148596 at http://www.cedmagazine.comThe 2015 Broadband 50 (1-10)http://www.cedmagazine.com/articles/2015/02/the-2015-broadband-50-1-10
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><strong><img alt="" src="/sites/cedmagazine.com/files/Broadband-50-leader-board-image-500-x-300.jpg" style="float:left; height:148px; margin:10px; width:250px" /></strong><strong>The Broadband 50 surveys the companies, technologies, trends, and people who have had the most influence in the industry over the last year and are most likely to help shape the next. </strong></p></div></div></div><ul class="links inline"><li><a href="/articles/2015/02/the-2015-broadband-50-1-10" rel="tag" title="The 2015 Broadband 50 (1-10)">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about The 2015 Broadband 50 (1-10)</span></a></li><li><a href="/articles/2015/02/the-2015-broadband-50-1-10#disqus_thread" data-disqus-identifier="node/148526">Comments</a></li></ul>Wed, 18 Feb 2015 01:09:18 +0000Brian Santo148526 at http://www.cedmagazine.comFearless predictions! Dude, where’s my flying car? http://www.cedmagazine.com/articles/2015/02/fearless-predictions-dude-wheres-my-flying-car
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Predicting the future is hard, and not for the faint of heart. But since <em>CED </em>is celebrating its 40th year, a number of friends graciously consented to help us out with our prognostications this year. Their contributions are below.</p>
<p>Sometime back in 1969 I recall reading a story in which all the characters had computers on their desks.</p>
<p>It seemed far-fetched. On the other hand, I’d just seen a man walk on the moon.</p></div></div></div><ul class="links inline"><li><a href="/articles/2015/02/fearless-predictions-dude-wheres-my-flying-car" rel="tag" title="Fearless predictions! Dude, where’s my flying car? ">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about Fearless predictions! Dude, where’s my flying car? </span></a></li><li><a href="/articles/2015/02/fearless-predictions-dude-wheres-my-flying-car#disqus_thread" data-disqus-identifier="node/148486">Comments</a></li></ul>Sat, 14 Feb 2015 00:44:45 +0000Brian Santo148486 at http://www.cedmagazine.comTV Broke TV: In Perspectivehttp://www.cedmagazine.com/articles/2015/02/tv-broke-tv-in-perspective
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><strong>The TV industry </strong>has abused its foundational covenant with viewers to the point where older viewers consider the contract broken and it’s unclear if new viewers know it ever existed.</p>
<p>TV began with advertisers paying the costs; viewers got TV free in exchange for listening to the ads. That was the deal, tacit but understood by all.</p>
<p>Ad creep was slow for the first few decades of TV, but then accelerated. Football games take 90 minutes to play (at most) but by the 1970s, televised games were taking 3 hours because of the commercials. 3½ hours is now common.</p></div></div></div><ul class="links inline"><li><a href="/articles/2015/02/tv-broke-tv-in-perspective" rel="tag" title="TV Broke TV: In Perspective">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about TV Broke TV: In Perspective</span></a></li><li><a href="/articles/2015/02/tv-broke-tv-in-perspective#disqus_thread" data-disqus-identifier="node/148481">Comments</a></li></ul>Sat, 14 Feb 2015 00:03:13 +0000Brian Santo148481 at http://www.cedmagazine.comRequiem for the PC: Memory Lanehttp://www.cedmagazine.com/articles/2015/02/requiem-for-the-pc-memory-lane
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>In 1985, when Prince’s “Purple Rain” topped the album sales list and audiences flocked to the movie “Back to the Future,” a new device was finding its way into American homes: the personal computer.</p></div></div></div><ul class="links inline"><li><a href="/articles/2015/02/requiem-for-the-pc-memory-lane" rel="tag" title="Requiem for the PC: Memory Lane">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about Requiem for the PC: Memory Lane</span></a></li><li><a href="/articles/2015/02/requiem-for-the-pc-memory-lane#disqus_thread" data-disqus-identifier="node/148476">Comments</a></li></ul>Fri, 13 Feb 2015 23:56:48 +0000Brian Santo148476 at http://www.cedmagazine.comStarting down a programmatic ad adoption path: Open Michttp://www.cedmagazine.com/articles/2015/02/starting-down-a-programmatic-ad-adoption-path-open-mic
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-teaser"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Cable operators and other media companies are wisely embracing a little-used Latin expression — <em>caveat venditor, </em>or seller beware — to guide their early evaluations of the business benefits of programmatic linear TV advertising.</p></div></div></div><ul class="links inline"><li><a href="/articles/2015/02/starting-down-a-programmatic-ad-adoption-path-open-mic" rel="tag" title="Starting down a programmatic ad adoption path: Open Mic">Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about Starting down a programmatic ad adoption path: Open Mic</span></a></li><li><a href="/articles/2015/02/starting-down-a-programmatic-ad-adoption-path-open-mic#disqus_thread" data-disqus-identifier="node/148471">Comments</a></li></ul>Fri, 13 Feb 2015 23:51:51 +0000Brian Santo148471 at http://www.cedmagazine.com